The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-04-07
TOWN AND COUNTRY
LOCAL LACONICS PICKED UP HERE AMI
THERE BY OUR EACLE-EYED
REPORTERS.
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Business gets better as the days grow
brghter-tO those who use printers ink.
The spring business will boom now,
spring weather has come at last, and Easter
Sunday is at hand.
Notice is given by advertisement in an
other column of the dissolution of the firm
of Fleming, Tucker d Co, Manson.
Love may be blind, but as an eye opener
there is nothing 50 good marriage, says
one who doubtless knows whereof he
speaks.
\ number Of new passenger coaches be-
longing to the Seaboard road have recently
been put on the line between Portsmouth
and Raleigh.
AT the Presbyterian church next Sunday
morain9, after the usual service, deacons-
elect Robert Bann AMI w. 5. Clary, will
he ordained and installed.
The series Of meetings at the Methodist
Protestant church grow i'll interest. The
pastor Rev. 5 w. CJe, is assisted by Rev.
Nj. kinnett from Winston.
Mr.. + a. Stone who has been quite sick
for some weeks continues in a very critical
condition vt this writing his symptoms
are said to be somewhat more favorable.
MIR. LoveIOck has sold a number of his
fine blOoded cattle, Holsteins ana Jerseys,
this week. If You want to buy don't wait
until they are all sold or the best animals
selected out of the lot.
The GOrham MD2thtui51eGr speaks the
-nI t,,.t no Il * mo-
for society woman to stay away from a
fashionable party nowadays, because She
''has nothing to wear
Our distinguished and popular tOwnsman
Col Bufgwyn, has been entertaining a
party of Northern ladies and gentlemen,
guests at the Davis Hotel, kittrcll, at his
elegant home for some days.
Mrs Phillips the very tasty AMI popular
milIiner who had charge of the millinery
department at L. Ct. Davis last season, re-
turned this week and will again be pleased
to have the ladies call and examine stock.
W., SCI from The II lGrisD 1urg. Va, Beg
4ster that a call has been extended to Rev.
L. b. johnson at one time pastor of the
Presbyterian church in Henderson, to the
present pastor of Mt. Hebron church in
Augusta county
In view CT the very frequent occurrence
Of disastrous fires, the following advice
from the Goldsbpro Messenger is timely:
Every village of five hundred inhabitants
ought to have its little steam fire engine.
Lay an assessment on property, and re-
ccivc it hack in security.
Bird shooting is now at all end until next
October, an guns must go in the rack.
But there i, no law against shooting q bur
Glar occasionally, o: an inceniia:y caught
in the act Of applying match to some
house; AMI perhaps it would be we'll
enough t. keep bit of wIliins AMI p:im
iI5 i'll old trusty for such game.
The "baautiful snow came down in
real winter time style last Friday. 1t
fell continuously nearly all day, an1 bat
for the wet condition Of the ground from
the rain the day before, which caused it to
melt, the morning of the PAD of April
would have seen on the ground as deep a
snow as fell at any time during the winter.
The Oxford Torch!iGH makes suggestion
it might be we'll enough to give some at
tentiOn to here, when it SAYS: I'VE have
entirely too many idle, questionable char
acters hanging about the town. They breed
trouble, and are a standing menace to the
peace of community. Let the town au-
thorities look to these vicious loungcrs on
our streets"
Z. &. Davis hlS returned from the North
where he has been after new gods. lie
bought this spring one of the largest AMI
prettiest stocks ever StIecte for this mar
kGt, and will sell the same at prices
equally as attractive to his patrons. Mr..
Davis says lie has got big bargains in store
for his friends this season. New goods are
now arriving.
A delightful call from Dr. Lafferty this
morning seemed to throw a halo of sun
shine and gladness about the gloomy re-
ceSSeS of our Sanctum. A genial and witty
and talented gentleman. in whose company
one for the time must drown dull care in
the affiuent stream of conviviality, we felt
better after having seen and shaken him
by the hand:
The Progressjg6 Ftrmer Col. L. l.. Folks
paptiS VIII hCICdLtCI NC pun
lished at Raleigh, this being a more suita-
BILE location than Winston. The editorial
conduct and policy of the paper Will re.
main the same. Mr.. John Z. Ray will
take business management and this will
infuSe renewed life into it. For terms, &c.
see advertisement.
The Governor on Monday considered anC
passed upon the application for pardon o.
James NJ. Vaughan, convicted of larceny
at the fall term, 1886, of Granville Supe
gior court, and sentenced to six years i'll
the penitentiary, and refused TO gran
same. The petition was got up By Bill,
Vaughan, a brother of Jim, and was M
merously signed.
The time of the year is approachin!
when citizens should look to the matter o
properly cleaning up their premises. Moth
ing is more conducive TO i'll health thar
decayed vegetation and debris that is al
lowed to accumulate during the season
Clean up, and thereby remove one of th
principal causes of doctors bills and dan
gerOus debilities.
The world may owe every man a living
but the fellow who hangs around the stree
corners and in front of other folks place
OF business whiting dry goods boxes ant
talking about hard times will never be abb,
to collect the debt. Get up and go to work